1 Bi Festus teersee ci diiwaanam, mu teg ca ñetti fan, dem Yerusalem.
1Festus therefore, being come into the eparchy, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
2 Noonu saraxalekat yu mag ya ak njiiti Yawut ya kalaame Pool ci moom.
2And the chief priests and the chief of the Jews laid informations before him against Paul, and besought him,
3 Ñuy sàkku ndimbal ci moom, di ko ñaan bu wér, mu yónni Pool Yerusalem, fekk lal nañu fiiru rey ko ca yoon wa.
3asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.
4 Waaye Festus tontu leen ne: «Ñu ngi wottu Pool ca Sesare, te dinaa fa dem fi ak fan yu néew.»
4Festus therefore answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out shortly.
5 Mu ne leen: «Ñi am maana ci yéen nag, nangeen ànd ak man, layooji ak nit ka, bu dee tooñ na.»
5Let therefore the persons of authority among you, says he, going down too, if there be anything in this man, accuse him.
6 Noonu Festus am fa ñoom juróom-ñett ba fukki fan, ba noppi dem Sesare. Ca ëllëg sa mu toog ca àttekaay ba, joxe ndigal, ñu indi Pool.
6And having remained among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the next day, having sat down on the judgment-seat, commanded Paul to be brought.
7 Bi mu ñëwee nag, Yawut ya jóge Yerusalem wër ko, di ko jiiñ tooñ yu bare te réy, te mënuñu leen a firndeel.
7And when he was come, the Jews who were come down from Jerusalem stood round, bringing many and grievous charges which they were not able to prove:
8 Noonu Pool làyyi ne: «Tooñuma yoonu Yawut ya, tooñuma kër Yàlla ga, tooñuma buur ba Sesaar.»
8Paul answering for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I offended [in] anything.
9 Ci kaw loolu Festus, mi bëgg lu neex Yawut ya, tontu Pool ne: «Ndax bëgguloo dem Yerusalem, nga layoo fa ci mbir yii ci sama kanam?»
9But Festus, desirous of obliging the Jews, to acquire their favour, answering Paul, said, Art thou willing to go up to Jerusalem, there to be judged before me concerning these things?
10 Waaye Pool ne ko: «Maa ngi nii taxaw ci kanam àttekaayu buur Sesaar; te fii lañu ma war a àttee. Te yaw ci sa bopp xam nga bu baax ne, tooñuma Yawut yi.
10But Paul said, I am standing before the judgment-seat of Caesar, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews have I done no wrong, as *thou* also very well knowest.
11 Su ma tooñoon mbaa ma def lu bon lu jar dee, kon duma tinu ngir bañ a dee. Waaye bu li ñu may jiiñ taxawul, kenn sañu ma leen a jébbal. Dénk naa sama mbir Sesaar.»
11If then I have done any wrong and committed anything worthy of death, I do not deprecate dying; but if there is nothing of those things of which they accuse me, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.
12 Bi mu waxee loolu, Festus gise ak ñi ko wër, mu tontu ko: «Dénk nga sa mbir Sesaar, kon ci moom ngay dem.»
12Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed to Caesar. To Caesar shalt thou go.
13 Ba ñu ca tegee ay fan, buur Agaripa ak Berenis ñëw Sesare, ngir nuyusi Festus.
13And when certain days had elapsed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to salute Festus.
14 Bi seen ngan di ruus nag, Festus diis buur ba mbirum Pool ne ko: «Feligsë batale na nu ak kenn ku ñu tëj.
14And when they had spent many days there, Festus laid before the king the matters relating to Paul, saying, There is a certain man left prisoner by Felix,
15 Te bi ma nekkee Yerusalem, saraxalekat yu mag ya ak njiiti Yawut ya kalaame nañu ko ci man, ñaan ma, ma daan ko.
15concerning whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid informations, requiring judgment against him:
16 Waaye ma tontu leen ne: “Jébbale nit, fekk jàkkaarloowul ak ñi koy jiiñ, ba man a làyyil boppam ci li ñu koy jiiñ, loolu dëppoowul ak aaday nguuru Room.”
16to whom I answered, It is not [the] custom of the Romans to give up any man before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and he have got opportunity of defence touching the charge.
17 Bi ñu àndee ak man ba fii nag, randaluma mbir mi, waaye ca ëllëg sa sax toog naa ca àttekaay ba, joxe ndigal, ñu indi nit kooku.
17When therefore they had come together here, without putting it off, I sat the next day on the judgment-seat and commanded the man to be brought:
18 Ñi koy kalaame nag, bi ñu taxawee, jiiñuñu ko benn ñaawteef ci yi ma yaakaaroon;
18concerning whom the accusers, standing up, brought no such accusation of guilt as *I* supposed;
19 waaye ñuy werante rekk ak moom ci seen yoon ak ci mbirum ku tudd Yeesu, mi dee, te Pool sax ci ne, mu ngi dund.
19but had against him certain questions of their own system of worship, and concerning a certain Jesus who is dead, whom Paul affirmed to be living.
20 Gannaaw lijjanti mbir moomu jafe woon na ma lool nag, ma laaj ko, ndax bëgg na dem Yerusalem, layooji fa ci mbir yooyu.
20And as I myself was at a loss as to an inquiry into these things, I said, Was he willing to go to Jerusalem and there to be judged concerning these things?
21 Waaye Pool ñaan, nu fomm mbiram, ba kera buur bu tedd ba di ko àtte. Noonu santaane naa ñu aj ko, ba keroog ma koy yónnee Sesaar.»
21But Paul having appealed to be kept for the cognisance of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I shall send him to Caesar.
22 Booba nag Agaripa ne Festus: «Man sax bëgg naa dégg nit kooku.» Festus tontu ko: «Bu ëllëgee dinga ko dégg.»
22And Agrippa [said] to Festus, I myself also would desire to hear the man. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
23 Ca ëllëg sa nag Agaripa ak Berenis ñëw bu xumb, ñu dugg ca néegu àtte ba, ànd ak kilifay xare ba ak ña am maana ca dëkk ba. Noonu Festus joxe ndigal, ñu indi Pool.
23On the morrow therefore, Agrippa being come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and having entered into the hall of audience, with the chiliarchs and the men of distinction of the city, and Festus having given command, Paul was brought.
24 Bi mu ñëwee, Festus ne: «Buur Agaripa ak yéen ñépp, ñi fi teew tey, nit kaa ngi nii! Mbiram moo tax mbooloom Yawut yépp, muy ci Yerusalem, muy fii, wër ma di yuuxu ne: “Nit kii waratul a dund.”
24And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye see this person, concerning whom all the multitude of the Jews applied to me both in Jerusalem and here, crying out against [him] that he ought not to live any longer.
25 Waaye gis naa ne, deful dara lu jar dee. Moona, gannaaw moom ci boppam dénk na boppam buur bu tedd ba, fas naa yéene yónnee ko ko.
25But I, having found that he had done nothing worthy of death, and this [man] himself having appealed to Augustus, I have decided to send him;
26 Fekk awma dara lu wóor ci mbiram, lu ma man a bind sang bi. Moo tax ma indi ko ci seen kanam, rawatina ci sa kanam buur Agaripa, ngir sunu jataay may ma lu ma bind.
26concerning whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. Wherefore I have brought him before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, so that an examination having been gone into I may have something to write:
27 Ndaxte yaakaar naa ne, yónnee ku ñu tëj, te bañ caa boole lu ko waral, àndul ak xel.»
27for it seems to me senseless, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.